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NUMBER 14 SHIRT AUBAMENYANG LEADS ARSENAL TO 14TH FA CUP TRIUMPH

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BY KUNLE SOLAJA.

What a sensational season-end for Pierre-Emereck Aubamenyang! He became the first African to captain an FA Cup winning side in a match against Chelsea whoseChristian Pulisic, scorer for Chelsea became the first American to score in an FA Cup final match.

None-winning of trophy was the main reason that Aubamenyang has been pressurised to leave Arsenal for a more ambitious team. He is reportedly to have approached Chelsea for a possible transfer in January but his high wage demand scuttled the move.

Now he remarkable wore shirt number 14 to lead the hitherto unambitious side to win the club’s 14th FA Cup and also book a place in the Europa Cup after a poor finish in the Premier League.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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